Deer Pen

Deer Pen: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Deer Pen

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Deer Pen — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.08192, -92.64994. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Deer Pen

• Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo · park · Pepin · ~0 km · Must-see
• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~20 km · Must-see
• Steele County Free Fair · lake · Steele · ~57 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~57 km · Must-see
• Minnesota State School Orphanage Museum · museum · Steele · ~59 km · Must-see
• Jay C Hormel Nature Center · park · Mower · ~63 km · Must-see
• East Side Lake Park · lake · Mower · ~65 km · Must-see
• SPAM Museum · museum · Mower · ~66 km · Must-see
• Crystal Lake · lake · Rice · ~66 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lake Byllesby Beach · lake · Dakota · ~67 km · Must-see
• Christ Episcopal Church · church · Goodhue · ~68 km · Must-see
• Lake Pepin · lake · Pepin · ~68 km · Must-see
• Fort Beauharnois · fort · Pepin · ~68 km · Must-see
• Ḣe Mni C̣aƞ - Barn Bluff · park · Goodhue · ~69 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~69 km · Must-see
• Skinner Memorial Chapel · church · Rice · ~73 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~74 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Deer Pen

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Deer Pen

• Mayo Building · sanctuary · Olmsted · ~20 km · Must-see
• Wells Fargo · sanctuary · Steele · ~57 km · Must-see
• River Bend Nature Center · sanctuary · Rice · ~67 km · Must-see
• McKnight Prairie · sanctuary · Goodhue · ~69 km · Must-see
• O. E. Rolvaag House · sanctuary · Rice · ~74 km · Must-see
• Merrick State Park · sanctuary · Buffalo · ~90 km · Must-see
• Hayden Prairie State Preserve · sanctuary · Howard · ~93 km · Must-see
• Kinnickinnic State Park · sanctuary · Pierce · ~104 km · Must-see
• Afton State Park · sanctuary · Washington · ~108 km · Must-see
• South Oaks Park · sanctuary · Dakota · ~109 km · Must-see

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